At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured in the devastating tornadoes and storms that hit the central and southern United States last weekend. The storm, followed by strong winds, torrential rains, and fires, left devastation in its wake—destroyed homes, collapsed buildings, and roads littered with overturned vehicles.
Most of the casualties were recorded in Missouri, where at least 12 people died. Eight people were killed in Kansas in a chain collision caused by a dust storm, six died in Mississippi, and four in Oklahoma, where numerous wildfires pose an additional problem.
Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe declared the situation catastrophic after visiting the hardest-hit areas:
“The damage is terrible. Entire neighborhoods have been wiped out, people have been left homeless, and rebuilding will not be an easy process.”
US President Donald Trump announced on his social network Truth Social that his administration was closely monitoring the situation and that the National Guard had already been deployed to Arkansas to assist affected communities.
According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), nearly 1,800 tornadoes were recorded across the US in 2024—the highest number since 2004.
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